After scuffling at the PGA Championship Rory McIlroy is back in action at the Canadian Open. Meanwhile, from LIV Golf events to social media shoots, Bryson DeChambeau seems to never slow down. ... Read full Story
Phil Mickelson, who turns 55 on June 16, may get his last chance at a career Grand Slam at the U.S. Open next week in Pittsburgh. He's a six-time runner-up. ... Read full Story
Rory McIlroy defended his decision not to speak to the media at the PGA Championship, saying he was upset about news leaking about his driver during what was already a "weird week." ... Read full Story
Jose Luis Ballester of Spain, the 2024 U.S. Amateur champion, has joined LIV Golf on a multiyear deal and will make his professional debut this week at the league's Virginia event. ... Read full Story
It's time for the 2025 RBC Canadian Open! Will Robert MacIntyre successfully defend his 2024 title? Check out how to watch the action on ESPN+. ... Read full Story
Ticket prices for the 2026 Masters at Augusta National will increase from $140 to $160 after Augusta National cracked down on secondary market tickets for this year's event in April. ... Read full Story
Brittany Lang, the 2016 U.S. Open champion, has been named an assistant captain for the U.S. team at next year's Solheim Cup at Bernardus Golf in the Netherlands. ... Read full Story
Cameron Young birdied three of his last four holes Monday to get into a 5-for-1 playoff and then made a 12-foot birdie to earn his spot in the U.S. Open. ... Read full Story
Max Homa stood out more than usual Monday in a U.S. Open qualifier filled with PGA Tour players. He was the only one carrying his own bag. ... Read full Story
Maja Stark continued the steady play she had demonstrated all week to win the U.S. Women's Open and claim her first major championship Sunday at Erin Hills. ... Read full Story
Scottie Scheffler won for the third time in his past four starts, never giving up his lead Sunday to become just the second golfer to defend his title at the Memorial. ... Read full Story
Miguel Angel Jimenez won the Principal Charity Classic on Sunday at Wakonda Club for his third PGA Tour Champions victory of the year, beating Soren Kjeldsen and Cameron Percy with a birdie on the first hole of a playoff. ... Read full Story
Scottie Scheffler was at his best on a tough day at Muirfield Village, opening with 13 straight pars and then pouring it on at the end for a 4-under 68 that gave him a one-shot lead Saturday over Ben Griffin at the Memorial. ... Read full Story
Maja Stark shot a 2-under 70 and avoided the mistakes that befell other contenders Saturday to take a one-stroke lead into the final round of the U.S. Women's Open at Erin Hills. ... Read full Story
Amari Avery had to borrow a friend's clubs for one of the biggest rounds of her life and still found a way to make the cut in the U.S. Women's Open. ... Read full Story
Saigo shot a 6-under 66 on Friday to take the second-round lead at the U.S. Women's Open. At 8-under 136, the 23-year-old Japanese player had a three-stroke advantage over a group of six led by top-ranked Nelly Korda. ... Read full Story
Nick Taylor brought his best golf on a day that required no less at the Memorial. He putted for birdie on all but one hole Friday, somehow kept bogeys off his card and had a 4-under 68 that gave him a share of the lead with Ben Griffin. ... Read full Story
Angel Yin started experimenting with a new putter about a month ago and decided to use it in a tournament for the first time at the most prestigious event in women's golf. ... Read full Story
Ben Griffin resumed the great play that brought him his first individual PGA Tour victory last week, hitting two shots in the water and still posting a 7-under 65 on Thursday in the Memorial on a course with rough as dense as a U.S. Open. ... Read full Story
“Over the course of my grandmother’s lifetime, gender expectations for women underwent a sea change. My grandmother ended up pursuing an education and becoming a doctor, leading an independent life that made her mother proud.” — Wendy Chen, LitHub.com, 20 May 2024
Did you know?
In The Tempest, William Shakespeare’s final play, sea change refers to a change brought about by the sea: the sprite Ariel, who aims to make Ferdinand believe that his father the king has perished in a shipwreck, sings within earshot of the prince, “Full fathom five thy father lies...; / Nothing of him that doth fade / But doth suffer a sea-change / into something rich and strange.” This is the original, now-archaic meaning of sea change. Today the term is used for a distinctive change or transformation. Long after sea change gained this figurative meaning, however, writers continued to allude to Shakespeare’s literal one; Charles Dickens, Henry David Thoreau, and P.G. Wodehouse all used the term as an object of the verb suffer, but now a sea change is just as likely to be undergone or experienced.